"Milgram experiment" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|social psychologist||||}} social psychologist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Stanley Milgram}} Stanley Milgram, {{named-after|en|Stanley Milgram|nat=American|occ=social psychologist|wplink==}} Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Milgram experiment
  1. A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience. Wikipedia link: Milgram experiment Categories (topical): Historical events, Psychology, Sociology Translations (experiment): Milgram eksperimenti (Azerbaijani), 米爾格倫實驗 (Chinese Mandarin), 米尔格伦实验 (Mǐ'ěrgélún shíyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Milgramin tottelevaisuuskoe (Finnish), Milgram-Experiment [neuter] (German), Milgram deneyi (Turkish), Milgram'ın itaat deneyi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Milgram_experiment-en-name-GbxniRqI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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